Authorities said it could be the same bear, because none of the witnesses in Needham got close enough to see if that bear was tagged.

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So why have there been so many bear sightings in eastern Massachusetts lately?

“Right now you have young males that are off on their own for the very first time. They’re the ones that travel really far distances from where their mothers live and so, basically, they’re completely inexperienced, totally naïve to how things go and are out there just looking for a place to set up shop,” Bear biologist Laura Conley of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife told WBZ.

It’s also breeding season.

The state’s bear population has been rising eight-percent a year since the 1970’s.